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L-R: Guitarists Bill Frisell, Frank Zappa and Robert Fripp
Sick of Playing the Same Old Lead Lines? Here’s How Guitar Players Like Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell and Frank Zappa Broke the Mold Learn to play “outside” by superimposing arpeggios over chord changes
Todd Rundgren performs on stage on October 12th 1975 in Den Haag, Netherlands.
Discover and Decode Todd Rundgren’s Unique Chordal Chemistry Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into TR’s harmonic architecture
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Want to Branch Out with Some Jazz Fusion? Learn Oz Noy’s Harmonically Inventive “She’s Not There” Solo Retrace the jazz fusion master’s instrumental version of the Zombies’ 1964 classic here.

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Break Out of Your Box with the CAGED System

By Tom Kolb published 10 March 22

An introduction to the highly useful workings of this mysterious fretboard mapping theory.

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